Scholten, a former professional baseball player, raked in more than $1 million in the last week of the campaign, he previously told the Daily News, but fell short at the polls.

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King, 69, was first elected to Congress in 2002 and has represented the fourth district since 2013.

He has frequently spoke out against immigration and diversity and frequently aligned himself with white nationalists, including a summer meet-up with a far-right Austrian group. He later said that the meeting was with business leaders.

“I have said that diversity is not a strength. The Left just repeats it again and again, but it is mindless. What does this diversity bring that we don't already have?” King said to Unzensuriert, an Austrian publication from the Freedom Party that promotes a strong anti-immigration stance, in September.

“Mexican food, Chinese food, those things, well, that's fine, but what does it bring that we don't have that is worth the price? We have a lot of diversity within the US already.”

In late October, Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), the head of the GOP campaign arm in the House, publicly disavowed King.

"Congressman Steve King’s recent comments, actions and retweets are completely inappropriate,” Stivers said in a statement. “We must stand up against white supremacy and hate in all forms, and I strongly condemn this behavior.”

King banned multiple reporters from his event Tuesday night, including the Des Moines Register, calling them a “leftist propaganda media outlet.”